A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History

A Daily Dose of History (23 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy. The Battle of Arnemuiden, in which a French force defeats the English, is the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first naval battle in which gunpowder artillery is used. The Battle of Kherle...

A Daily Dose of History (22 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government. The Samogitians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Saule. The Treaty of Basel concludes the Swabian War. The Battle of Zutphen is a Spanish victory over the English a...

A Daily Dose of History (21 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power. The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders. Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo the Accursed are killed in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day. The Congress of Arras causes Burgundy to switch sides in the Hundred Years' War....

A Daily Dose of History (20 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin. Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem. The Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights. Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected as Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism. The Nankai tsunami washes away the building hou...

A Daily Dose of History (19 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Nerva, suspected of complicity of the death of Domitian, is declared emperor by Senate. The Senate then annuls laws passed by Domitian and orders his statues to be destroyed. Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire. Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the comman...

A Daily Dose of History (18 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Domitian, who has been conducting a reign of terror for the past three years, is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and twe Praetorian prefects. Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor after Domitian is assassinated. Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine...

A Daily Dose of History (17 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia". The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empire to recover central Anatolia from the Seljuk Turks. Louis the Great's daughter, Mary, is crowned "king" of Hungary. Thirteen Years' War: A...

A Daily Dose of History (16 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council. Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. A determined band of 35 religious dissenters - Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower, jubilant at the prospect of practicing their unorthodox brand of worship in...

A Daily Dose of History (15 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes. Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by Jean de Malestroit, Bishop of Nantes. Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain. The so-called "Invin...

A Daily Dose of History (14 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph after his victory over the Persian Empire. "Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun's son al-Ma'mun. Battle of Islan...

A Daily Dose of History (13 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa. Ögedei Khan is proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii: Mongolia. Italian Renaissance: Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warr...

A Daily Dose of History (12 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Battle of Muret. Battle of Portopí: The Aragonese army under the command of James I of Aragon disembarks at Santa Ponça, Majorca, with the purpose of conquering the island. The First Siege of Gibraltar takes place in the context of the Sp...

A Daily Dose of History (11 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years. Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt th...

A Daily Dose of History (10 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France. An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople. Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal. The Battle of Pinkie, the last full-scale militar...

A Daily Dose of History (09 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Arminius' alliance of six Germanic tribes ambushes and annihilates three Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti. A Byzantine army of 15,000 me...

A Daily Dose of History (08 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty. Election of Antipope Theodoric. Philip of Swabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans) Pope Innocent IV canonises Stanislaus of Sz...

A Daily Dose of History (07 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem. Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII. Pope Alexander III is chosen. Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf: Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II lands in Acre, Israel, and starts the Sixth Crusade, which res...

A Daily Dose of History (06 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later. Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. The Victoria retur...

A Daily Dose of History (05 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu. Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris. A hurricane has overrun a Spanish fleet bound from Havana to Cadiz and sunk the price galleon Atocha. Only 5 me...

A Daily Dose of History (04 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire. Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang dynasty of China. Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the Redarii and the Obotrites) are defeated by a Saxon army near the fortifie...

A Daily Dose of History (03 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus. King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne. Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid. Richard I of Eng...

A Daily Dose of History (02 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: The Treaty of Jaffa is signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, leading to the end of the Third Crusade. Entry of Mary, Queen of Scots into Edinburgh, a spectacular civic celebration for the Queen of Scotland, marred by religious controversy. The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X,...

A Daily Dose of History (01 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona by the forces of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki....

A Daily Dose of History (31 Aug 2024) Today's historical events: After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty. Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one year. Al-Kamil becomes sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty. King Haakon V of Norway moves the capital from Bergen to Oslo. King Henry V of England die...

A Daily Dose of History (30 Aug 2024) Today's historical events: Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple. Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers. The five-week Battle of Lake Poyang begins, in which the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders (Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang) meet to decide who will supplant the Yuan dynasty. Pope...